Polite Paradise

I'mma veer off topic for a second and mention my most treasured cookbooks. 

I have painstakingly, over many years of thrift-shop hunting, gathered a full collection of the Time-Life Foods of the World cookbooks.  (Yes, I know it's easier now, but this was mostly before eBay was a thing.)

I love, love, love those books!  I seldom make anything from them, but they're terrific reading, and the things I have made from them have been wonderful.  And authentic!  They were beautifully researched and photographed, and they're a last glimpse of a time before fusion cuisine and Diet Everything.

Yes, I'm a nerd.